NJIT and NJII Launch PureTrace Labs to Commercialize PFAS Detection Technology

Thursday, October 30th, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and the New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII) today announced the launch of PureTrace Labs, a startup created to bring NJIT-developed technology for rapid detection of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to market.The company marks the first official...

Women's Soccer Defeats Maine 2-1 in Home Finale

Tuesday, October 28th, 2025
The NJIT women's soccer team (6-5-6, 1-3-3 AE) defeated Maine (3-7-3, 2-3-2 AE), 2-1, in its final regular season home game on Saturday night at Lubetkin Field at Mal Simon Stadium. Interview with head coach Ally Nick How it Happened NJIT struck first in the third minute when Briana Andreoli...

NJIT Again Named Among Nation's Greenest Colleges in The Princeton Review's 2026 Guide

Tuesday, October 28th, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has again been recognized as one of the nation’s most environmentally responsible universities, earning a Green Rating of 91 out of 99 in The Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges: 2026 Edition. The annual guide honors institutions that demonstrate exce...

Veltrup and Mastromarino Lead NJIT at Temple

Sunday, October 26th, 2025
Highlander newcomers Paul Veltrup and Fabio Mastromarino led NJIT to an impressive performance at the 2025 Coach Nikki Franke Open hosted by Temple Sunday. Graduate student Paul Veltrup from Grefrath, Germany captured the gold medal in the men's epee competition while ...

Vitali Earns Bronze Medal at 2025 Coach Nikki Franke Open

Saturday, October 25th, 2025
Freshman Asia Vitali earned a third-place finish in the women's epee at the 2025 Coach Nikki Franke Open hosted by Temple Saturday afternoon. Results Vitali from Forli, Italy, was the top finisher on the day for the Highlanders, placing third in the women's epee competition in her colleg...

Passing of Dr. Daljit Singh Ahluwalia

Thursday, October 23rd, 2025
Dear Highlanders, We are saddened to announce the passing of Dr. Daljit Singh Ahluwalia, who joined NJIT in 1986 as chair of the Department of Mathematics following an extraordinary career at the NYU Courant Institute, where he worked at the forefront of Applied Mathematics with a focus on wav...

Rupak Bhakta - ECE PhD Student of the Month - October 2025

Thursday, October 23rd, 2025
Rupak Bhakta is a second-year Ph.D. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering, working in the Biophotonics Imaging and Sensing Lab with Xuan Liu. His research focuses on deploying advanced interferometric imaging techniques that enable label-free visualization of cellular and nanoparticle dynam...

Zuniga Selected to America East Preseason All-Conference Team, NJIT Fifth in Poll

Tuesday, October 21st, 2025
The America East Conference released the 2025-26 Women's Basketball Preseason Coaches' Poll on Monday and NJIT was selected to finish fifth, while senior Alejandra Zuniga was named to the Preseason All-Conference Team. Zuniga, from Madrid, Spain, is a three-time America East Conference Al...

NJIT Researchers, Ham Radio Operators Partner to Track Impact of Space Weather

Friday, October 17th, 2025
Researchers from four universities, including New Jersey Institute of Technology, are expanding a network of ham radio operators in North America to better track how the earth’s upper atmosphere is impacted by natural phenomena such as geomagnetic storms and lightning. The researchers are also upgr...

NJIT Students Develop Mental Health Side-Effect Tracker Recognized at Pfizer Hackathon

Wednesday, October 15th, 2025
Rougly half of patients do not take psychotropic drugs as prescribed, especially those in underserved communities, according to A:Care. To address this, a team of eight Ying Wu College of Computing undergraduate students created "Sidekick," a mental-health side-effect tracker that earned third place...